hauling

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you haul something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort. (用力地) 拉
A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream. 不得不用了一臺(tái)起重機(jī)把轎車從河里拉出來。
2. V-T If someone is hauled before a court or someone in authority, they are made to appear before them because they are accused of having done something wrong. 傳訊[usu passive]
He was hauled before the managing director and fired. 他被總裁叫去問話并被解雇了。
3. PHRASAL VERB Haul up means the same as . 傳訊
He was hauled up before the board of trustees. 他被帶到了托管委員會(huì)面前問話。
4. N-COUNT A haul is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs. 一次偷得之量; (警察或海關(guān)) 一次查獲之量
The size of the drug haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing. 這次的毒品繳獲量說明國際性海洛因交易依然猖獗。
5. PHRASE If you say that a task or a journey is a long haul, you mean that it takes a long time and a lot of effort. 費(fèi)時(shí)費(fèi)力的工作
Revitalizing the Romanian economy will be a long haul. 復(fù)興羅馬尼亞經(jīng)濟(jì)將是一項(xiàng)長期艱巨的工作。
6. →see also long-haul